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Mining is Australia's largest sector by share of national Gross Domestic Product, 10.4% in 2020. This is up from only 2.6% in 1950, and from 10% at the time of federation in 1901. [51][52] In 2020 mineral exports contributed 62% of Australia's total export revenue, valued at $270 billion. [53]
The industry's regulating authority in Western Australia is the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety, renamed from the Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP) on 1 July 2017, which in turn replaced the Department of Industry and Resources (DOIR) on 1 January 2009. The department also produces the annual Western Australian Mineral ...
The Boddington gold mine is a gold and copper mine located 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) northwest of Boddington, Western Australia. Officially reopened on 3 February 2010, the mine has now become [citation needed] Australia's largest gold mine, eclipsing the Super Pit. [2] In the 2018 financial year, Boddington gold mine produced 709 thousand troy ...
The following companies operated copper mines in Western Australia in 2022–23, according to the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety.To qualify for the department's official list of principal mining projects an operation has to either had mineral sales valued at more than $5 million, or, for operations where such figures are not reported, had a minimum of 50 employees: [26 ...
Nickel mining is the sixth largest commodity sector in Western Australia with a value of $ 4.946 billion in 2021–22. The 147,190 tonnes sold during this time period accounted for 5.5 percent of the world's Nickel production and 100 percent of all nickel produced in Australia. The 2021–22 value of nickel sales was the highest in 15 years ...
Year. 2022–23 [1] Iron ore mining in Western Australia, in the 2018–19 financial year, accounted for 54 percent of the total value of the state's resource production, with a value of A$ 78.2 billion. The overall value of the minerals and petroleum industry in Western Australia was A$145 billion in 2018–19, a 26 percent increase on the ...
Website. resources.qld.gov.au. The Department of Resources is a department of the Queensland Government in Australia. The department is responsible for regulating mining, and resources in the state. [1] The department's headquarters are at 1 William Street, Brisbane.
Australia has been mining bauxite since the early 1960s and is a major economic player in worldwide bauxite mining. It is the largest producer of bauxite in the world, producing 31% of global production in 2016. Australia is also the largest exporter and second highest producer of alumina worldwide, with 17% of global production. [2]